Where does “ahnaus” come from?

ahnaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish ahnas, from Proto-Finnic ahnas, from Proto-Germanic agnaz.

ahnaus (Finnish): gluttonousness; voraciousness

Definitions

  1. gluttonousness; voraciousness

Ancestry of “ahnaus”, step by step

ahnaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ahnas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishahnasgluttonous; voracious
2Proto-Finnicahnasgreedy
3Proto-Germanicagnaz—

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing
Every word from Proto-Germanic agnaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic ahnas →Every word from Finnish ahnas →